"Bell of Mushrooms"...

"Bell of Mushrooms"

When it rains in the summer, mushrooms abound. This one caught my attention with the wonderful, muted colors.

Photo # DSCF3790asq.
(c) Kelly Shipp

White-tailed fawn...

 White-tailed fawn enjoying a peaceful summer day.

Central Arkansas.
Photo # K05_3480sqbwsg.
(c) Kelly Shipp

 

"Brothers", Study 1...

Here's one of multiple sequences of photographing these brothers sharing an afternoon grazing.
This is one of my favorites of the time spent with them so far.

White-tailed deer in a forest, central Arkansas.
Photo # K05_3262sqbwbs.
(c) Kelly Shipp
 

 

"Siblings"...

 "Siblings"

This is another from a series I've been working on. Hope you enjoy.

Photo # 0621_P1030069.
(c) Kelly Shipp

"Special Moments"...

Occasionally, one is able to experience a moment in nature and you have one second to capture it. This was one of those special moments. I only have this one frame where the fawn greets her mother. The mother has twins, the other fawn was out of frame.

Near Conway, Arkansas.
Photo #K05_2894cbwsq2b.
(c) Kelly Shipp

"Asia for a Day"...

This Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis) is a herbaceous annual plant in the dayflower family. It gets its name because the blooms last for only one day. It is native throughout much of East Asia and northern parts of Southeast Asia. In China it is used as a medicinal herb with febrifugal, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, and diuretic effects. Additionally, it is also used for treating sore throats and tonsillitis. Recent pharmacological investigations have revealed that the Asiatic dayflower contains at least five active compounds.
I was surprised to find these growing wild near my home in Conway.

Conway, Arkansas.
Photo # DSCF1555-58.
(c) Kelly Shipp

"Flower Mystery"...

Here's another from my wildflower series that I've been photographing lately.
This one is rather mysterious that the out-of-focus flower blooms in the background look more like fog in black-and-white.
The small insect is the tiny Bee Fly (Diptera-Bombyliidae-Poecilognathus).


Forest floor near Conway, Arkansas.
Photo # DSCF0171-3bws.
(c) Kelly Shipp